Meta Interview Question

There was for instance a basic coding challenge interview at the start. But a thing I'll mention is, for a high-level company like FB, there was an odd obsession with basics, when people don't work that way -- it's not that it's irrelevant, it's better to be solid than not, but it's a tiny piece of the puzzle that's gating prospective hires. It was strange to not be asked the types of questions that would indicate actual capacity to innovate, manage, etc. I would have only done that kind of challenge for maybe a fresh graduate, not someone who's done real work.

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Anonymous

Jan 31, 2021

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Anonymous

Feb 6, 2021

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Anonymous

Jan 10, 2021

Just solved the problem per normal, but it seemed a waste of time. If you really wanted to poke around expert knowledge, there are many things you could ask. Time could have been better spent.

Anonymous

Jan 24, 2021

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